[Debtorrent-devel] Fwd: BitTorrent Protocol Expansion (Google SoC)

[Cameron Dale]

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From: Cameron Dale <camrdale at gmail.com>
Date: Mar 19, 2007 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: BitTorrent Protocol Expansion (Google SoC)
To: ajt at debian.org


Hi Anthony,

I haven't received a response from you regarding the email below I sent
about your Google Summer of Code proposal from last year. I'm still not
sure if this proposal is still a good idea for Debian, and therefore
whether I should apply for it or not. I know you're especially busy with
the election on now, but if you have just a minute to comment on it's
viability, I would greatly appreciate it.

Good luck in the election,
Cameron


Sent by Cameron Dale on Mar. 10, 2007:
> Hi Anthony,
>
> I am currently planning on applying for the Google Summer of Code, and I came
> across your proposal (I think it was yours, anyway) for an expanded BitTorrent
> protocol to work with the Debian archive. As this fits in with a lot of the work
> I'm doing now, or have done in the past, I was instantly interested in it.
> However, I was hoping you could expand a bit on what you hope the project to
> achieve, and how it would be used by Debian. In particular, though you mention
> modifications and reimplementation of the protocol, it seems like what you
> desire could be achieved through server- and client-side wrappers around
> traditional BitTorrent clients (though perhaps what I have in mind is simpler
> than what you want). Anyway, with more information I could hopefully help the
> proposal to be accepted, and then apply to work on it.
>
> I know you're probably busy, so I don't want to trouble you with a long email.
> But in case you're interested, I will include below some details on myself and
> why I am interested in, and well suited for, this project. Feel free to skip it.
>
> I am currently working on my Master's in Computing Science at Simon Fraser
> University. My work is focusing mostly on peer-to-peer networking, and
> especially on BitTorrent and BitTorrent-like applications. My current research
> involves running many copies of a modified BitTorrent client on the PlanetLab
> research testbed. You can find out more information about this research here:
>
> http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~camerond/personal/PlanetLab.html
>
> I am also involved with the Debian project. I have been a user since 2000, and
> have been a developer for more than a year now. I am currently the maintainer of
> 2 packages, and I also co-maintain the BitTornado BitTorrent client with Micah
> Anderson. I am currently (and have been for 11 months) in the New Maintainer
> queue to become an official Debian Developer.
>
> Thanks,
> Cameron
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